Clive Swift
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Death | 5 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 9,1936 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Liverpool |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | February 1,2019 |
| Died | Paddington |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Margaret Drabble |
| Children | Joe Swift |
| Adam Swift | |
| Rebecca Swift | |
| Height | 170 (cm) |
| Job | Songwriter |
| Voice Actor | |
| Books | The job of acting |
| The performing world of the actor | |
| Siblings | David Swift |
| Parents | Abram Sampson Swift |
| Lily Rebecca Swift | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 436949 |
Born and Bred
The Old Guys
Frenzy
Excalibur
Death Line
A Passage to India
The Barchester Chronicles
Man at the Top
Aristocrats
The National Health
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Pack of Lies
Gaston's War
The Pickwick Papers
The Nesbitts Are Coming
Young Arthur
South Riding
Martin Luther, Heretic
Waugh on Crime
Othello
Capturing Santa
1990
Romeo & Juliet
A Warning to the Curious
Clive Swift Life story
Clive Walter Swift was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.
Clive Swift: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 82
Swift spent Six Years playing Richard to Patricia Routledge 's Hyacinth
Actor Clive Swift , known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in Bbc One 's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82.
Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice , Born and Bred and The Old Guys.
He spent Six Years playing Richard opposite Dame Patricia Routledge .
The Role saw him patiently tolerate her ham-fisted and invariably thwarted attempts at social climbing.
Dame Patricia said she was "deeply saddened" to hear of her former co-star's death.
"Clive was a skilful and inventive actor with wide experience, as his successful career proved," She Said .
"I so much admire what he brought to the barely sketched role of Hyacinth's husband and treasure the memories of our happy collaboration. "
Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in Central London .
He went on to appear with Roger Lloyd Pack in The Old GuysBorn in Liverpool in 1936, he had three children with his ex-wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble .
Swift's many roles included a part in Alfred Hitchcock 's 1972 film Frenzy and as King Arthur 's adopted father in 1981 film Excalibur.
Many years later, he would play Hitchcock in a BBC radio play called Strangers on a Film.
Swift made A Number of appearances in Doctor Who , most recently in the 2007 episode Voyage of The Damned .
According to his agent, the actor died at his home on Friday after a short illness, surrounded by His Family .
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Source of news: bbc.com
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